Writing-tablet.



No. 885,420. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. G. S. ANSELL.

WRITING TABLET.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 13. 1905.

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GEORGE S. ANSELL, OF BERKLEY, VIRGINIA.

WRITIN G-TAB LE '1 Application filed January 13, 1905.

citizen of the United States, residing at board and acts as astifl'ening board to the Berkley, in the county of Norfolk and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVriting-Tablets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paper tablets or pads for writing upon with inkor pencil.

The object of the invention is to rovide a cheapand efficient pencil orpen ho ding device or paper books or tablets.

, A furt ier object of my invention is to provide a paper sheet cutteror tearing edge in order to enable a sheet to be removed from the tabletor ad after writing.

A further 0 jeet and advantage of the invention is that it can beadapted to be used pointed out in the claims recourse being had to theaccompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thetablet or pad holding the pencil thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevationshowing the pencil holding device drawn apart. Fig. 3 1s a part side elevation of the modification of my invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged partside elevation of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a furthermodification of the invention shown in part side elevation.

In the drawings in which like reference numerals indicate similar partsin all the views, 1 is the pad consisting of any suitable number ofsheets of paper united at one or more edges to form a tablet or pack.

2 is a suitable cover for the top sheet and' may be used or not, asdesired.

3 1s the back composed of card or pastesheets of paper.

In Figs. 1 and 2 my invention is shown as a part of the back 3, while inFigs. 3, 4 and 5 it is independent thereof. In the former case, (Figs. 1and 2), the back 3 is made longer than the pack of sheets to enable itto be turned over or creased to form a wedge or V shaped border or edge4 upon one end of the pad, and there is also formed a strip or bindingstrap 5 assuming a position parallel with the back 8, or the wholeforming approximately a right angled trapezoid. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Serial No. 240,913.

back and the portions 4 and 5 are secured to the pack of sheets bysuitable fasteners as at 6. In the arrangement just described, there isformed a cavity 7 into which the pencil or pen 8 is inserted and firmlyheld due to the resiliency of the portions 3 and 4 at the end of the pad1, as shown in rather an exaggerated manner, in Fig. 4, by the dottedlines 9 and 10, which is caused by the slightly larger pencil crowdingout the portion 4 and that below it.

My invention is adapted to take any size of pencil now generally in use.

11 is the back or the usual glued portion of the paper tablet or padshown by dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 and by full lines in Figs. 1, 2and 5, those by dotted lines indicating the position of the pencil inrelation thereto as it exists in using the device.

12 is the edge of the binding strip or binding strap forming the paperor leaf cutter for removing the sheets without perforating the tabletand indicated at 13 which shows a sheet partly torn from the pack, beingguided by the edge 12 of the strip or band 5.

14 is a modified form of the pencil holding device which does not form apart of the por tion 3 and is used when the tablets are already made asshown in Fig. 3 and is used when the pencil holding device is to beapplied to tablets or pads after they are made in which case it forms anattachment thereto as shown in Fi s. 3 and 5, Fig. 4 being of the formshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I am not confined to the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 as I may makethe pencilholding device in the form of an equilateral or isoscelestriangle, as in Fig. 3, or of a rounding or curved form as shown in Fig.5. The surfaces 4 and 5 form advertising space and may be used for thatpurpose if desired.

I am not confined to the exact details indicated in the drawings as Imay modify such parts as may be deemed expedient without departing fromthe subject matter herein claimed or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

Having described my invention and what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat-' space between said extension and the end of witnesses this10th day of J anuery A. t e tablet forming a pencil-recelvmg cavity,1905. the upper edge of said extension forming a cutterelong whichsheets'of paper are torn GEORGE ANSELL' 5 during their detachment.Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I have hereunto E. HUNTER WHITEHURST, afiixed mysignature in the presence of two W. E. HALSTEAD.

